This is the most important
chapter of the whole book as it furnishes to the student concrete foundations
upon which all accurate Hand Reading is based.

From the preceding
chapters, the student can know the character, talents and temperament of the
subject. It must always be borne in mind that the items embodied in those
chapters can never tell the past or future career, or give any clue as to the
circumstances, surroundings and environments of the subject.

Careful study and complete
understanding together with proper application of the preceding and coming
chapters will enable the student to have an accurate and sound data of the
subject’s history.

Great attention should be
paid to the different marks and signs spread all over the right and left hand.
Signs and marks in the left hand are always considered to be false and poor
unless they are supported by similar ones at the same place in the right hand. On
the other hand, all marks and signs whether good or bad found in the right hand
are considered to be genuine and have their full significance whether or not
they are supported by similar ones in the left hand.

A vital problem which
always presents itself in Hand Reading is what hand is the right one to read
from and rely upon? The right or the left hand? A careful glance at both hands
will solve this problem. As will be explained later, the left hand shows the
inherited character and talents together with the state of affairs on the birth
of the individual. It tells whether or not big surroundings in childhood were
adequate enough to rule for him a certain easy career; and what action he has
taken towards that career. Has he improved it and moved from good to better, or
in the reverse has spoilt it and went from good to bad? The result of his
action is shown in the right hand. In other words the left hand tells what the
individual might have been owing to his inherited talents and circumstances and
the right hand tells what he has done to himself, what he is really now and
what he will be in future. The proverb, “The man is the architect of his own
fortune’, is very true as every one of us is responsible for our character and
doing.

Some palmists insist upon
reading from the left hand on the alleged assumption that it is the nearer hand
to the heart. Any person without even any medical knowledge knows that the
heart distributes blood to all parts of the body at the same rate and quantity;
and for this reason we never find one whose left side is more vital than the
right because it is nearer to the heart, or for instance observe that the
rhythm and rate of his pulse more powerful in the left hand than in the right
hand.

The reason why the right
hand should always be relied upon in proper Hand Reading is the following fact
which is considered sufficient proof to support that theory.

Obviously every person is
quite acquainted with his past and present conditions; now, compare the main
lines in both hands especially the Line of Fate. If the person has improved the
family circumstances presented to him during childhood, that Line of Fate will
look more vigorous, deeper and straight in the right hand than in the left. On
the contrary, if the person has gone wrong and ruined these circumstances, the
Line of Fate will be good in the left hand and bad in the right hand.

A very magnificent proof
of this theory can be detected and seen in reading the lives of self-made men.
These men, who fought poverty and conquered hardships since early childhood
until they had gained their aims, are a very good study for the student of
Palmistry. On examining their hands, one will be startled by the great
difference in the behaviour of the main lines in the right and left hands. While
these lines are seen distorted and feeble in the left hand, they will look good
and strong in the right hand.